Court of Appeals of Kentucky June 1, 1900 (Deitzman v. Mullin)

Opinion of the court by

JUDGE PAYNTER

Reversing.

The question presented here is, can a married woman maintain an action against one who entices her husband from her, and alienates his affections? At common law marriage is considered in no other light than a civil contract, and the holiness of the matrimonial state is left entirely to the ecclesiastical law.